The Centre on Tuesday said that the two violent incidents that rocked Assam were intended to “sow fear in the minds of the people” and disturb the elections process , in view of the forthcoming polls in the state.

Taking a defiant stance, Opposition leader Oommen Chandy on Tuesday flung a challenge at the Left Democratic government, asking it to arraign him in the palmolein case straightaway if it had sufficient evidence.

In all probability, AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa may launch her election campaign from Madurai, the land of Goddess Meenakshi, on Friday.
Party sources say she would address her maiden election meeting at Pudur bus stand located near Alagarkoil (the ancient Vaishnavite temple) in suburban Madurai.

There is a rebellion of sorts within the AIADMK camp. Actor Karthik walked out of the Jayalalithaa’s alliance saying that his party had been humiliated while MDMK’s Vaiko is contemplating qui-tting the alliance following the AIADMK’s offer of single-digit seats to his party.

While the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has wrapped up seat sharing and has even released its manifesto, allies of the Congress-led Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) are still wrangling over seats.

Two children were killed and another suffered injuries when the wall of an under-construction building collapsed in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri area on Tuesday morning.
The police said the incident was reported from the New Krishna Park in Vikaspuri at around 11.20 am. A call was received by the police control room that the wall of an under-construction building had collapsed and a number of people were feared trapped beneath the debris.

Questioning the prosecution of all the witnesses who turned hostile during the Jessica Lall murder trial, a division bench comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and G.P. Mittal of the Delhi high court on Tuesday said that the incident of “turning hostile” has become “endemic” and all such persons cannot be painted with the same brush.

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit will write and ask to the police and the MCD to enforce rules so that social functions like marriages do not become nuisance for the neighbourhood and result in traffic snarls.

The Central Vigilance Commission has found sufficient documentary evidence against certain Delhi government officials in alleged irregularities in executing a number of contracts during the Commonwealth Games. The CVC report is likely to be completed by March end, which will be handed over to the CBI later.

Two teenage brothers in north Delhi’s Burari area met their watery grave after they drowned in a stream, the police said on Tuesday.
The police said the incident took place on Monday evening when the deceased, identified as Bhairav, 15, and his brother Monu, 9, went to bathe in a stream in the Burari area. The victims were accompanied by their younger brother Gaurav, 6, and some friends.